Cakephp2 - Creating Form from loop - php

Question

I have translates table with example data:
So, this table holds records, which will represent custom translation texts.
Now i want to build a form to edit all of those rows in one page / form.
This is controlle code:
public function translate() {
$this->loadModel('Translate');
$data = $this->Translate->find('all');
$this->set('data', $data);
pr ($this->request->data);
if ($this->request->is('post','put')) {
if ($this->Translate->save($this->request->data)) {
$this->Session->setFlash('Recipe Saved!');
return $this->redirect($this->referer());
}
}
}
And view - please note, that i have used loop for creating inputs, not sure if cakephp has better way to do this.
<?php echo $this->Form->create('Translate'); ?>
<?php
foreach ($data as $d) {
echo $this->Form->input('text', array('label' => 'Link strony', 'type' => 'text','value'=>$d['Translate']['text']));
echo $this->Form->input('id', array('type' => 'hidden', 'value' => $d['Translate']['id']));
}
?>
<?php echo $this->Form->end(array('class' => 'btn btn-success floatRight', 'label' => 'Zapisz')); ?>
For now, this code works, but not as i expect. $this->request->data shows only last input, ignoring other ones. Attached, you see debug of $this->request->data. Only last item is edited. All i want is to have ability to edit selected input and save. Thanks for help.

Answer 1

Looks like you're saving multiple rows in a single form. In that case,
you need to change your approach a bit.
Use proper indices in the Form helper.
Use saveAll() instead of save() to save multiple data.
Changes to the View file:
<?php
foreach ($data as $k => $d) {
echo $this->Form->input('Translate.'.$k.'.text', array(
'label' => 'Link strony',
'type' => 'text',
'value' =>$d['Translate']['text']
));
echo $this->Form->input('Translate.'.$k.'.id', array(
'type' => 'hidden',
'value' => $d['Translate']['id']
));
}
?>
And then, in your controller:
if ($this->request->is('post','put')) {
$this->Translate->saveAll($this->request->data['Translate']);
/* Other code */
}

Answer 2

Try to specify the name as array (translate[]) :
echo $this->Form->input('text', array('label' => 'Link strony', 'type' => 'text','value'=>$d['Translate']['text'],'name'=>'translate[]'));